A7-Wednesday, May 21, 1980 - North Shore News

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Dear Editor:
The Capilano College
Student Society and the

staff of our Student
Newspaper sincerely
apologize to Barbara

McCreadie, her daughter
and any other members
of her family for any
material contained in the

April 16, 1980 © satire
edition, “The Sunday
Sleaze,” of our Student

Newspaper.

‘Sleaze’ apologizes
to our travel writer

We acknowledge that
any such material was
overdrawn in its attempt
at humour and bordered
on poor taste.

Don Eilers,
Capilano College
Student Society
Helene Littmann,
Capilano Couner

Nancy Campbell
Capilano Courter

LGH visitors go hungry

Dear Editor:
When the new Lions Gate
Hospital extension was

planned and built there ts a
very altractive
Cafetena/restaurant known
as the Terrace Room which
will seat probably 200 and
where if is possible to obtain
hot meals, cold snacks and
various refreshments.

But — only from Monday
to Fnday for on Saturday
and Sunday this potenual
money maker is closed and
no provision at all is made

ask force needed

Dear Editor:

“Only God can make a
tree,” to quote a familiar
song. And for us in North
Vancouver trees are
practically sacred. We grew
up with them, they are stl
all around us and we can't
imagine life without them.

But trees like people also
grow up. And sometimes
they reach a size where they
become a problem. In the
many municipal election
campaigns in which I
canvassed door to door all

over this Distnet, [| was
literally astounded at the
number of people who

complained that the trees in
front of ther homes had
become so large that they
now obstructed the view of
the mountains or the water.
This was especially true on
the steep slopes. This, of
course, depreciates the
value of their property too.

Having too much of a
good thing may seem strange
to some people. But to these
people the problem was very
real and they feel strongly
about 11. An added problem
is that trees, when they
become too big, also pose a
safety hazard.

How then are we to
reconcile this problem. We
want trees and yet we don't
want too many and we dont
want them too high. Some
people have suggested
pruning and topping as the
answer

Hooker must
keep promise

Dear Editor

I would hke to comment
about the
Hooker Chemical published
in your paper

recent poll on

I think it would be a good
idea to move Hooker nmght

on the doorsteps of the 12.5
per cent of people who
thought revenue was more
important than safety oof
perhaps te the British
Properties while they make

up thei minds Obviously
they dont have a couple of
close telatives working next

door tomas bdo

I don’t know all the an-
swers, but I do think I know
how to get at the problem.
That is to set up a respon-
sible body to look into the
whole issue with all citizens
interested or concerned
being able to present their
views

I promised the people |
canvassed I would do
something about their
problem. And I'm keeping
my promise.

I've proposed to our
Distnct Council that we
establish a Task Force tu
jook into the question. I
proposed that 1 be com-
posed of members of
ratepayer organizations and
the District Advisory
Planning Commission.

After hearing from
citizens in every part of our
community, the task force
could make recom-
mendations to Council and
we could take it from there,
or so I thought.

However, I did not get a
seconder for my motion.
One alderman stated thal we
shoyld be cautious in
denuding the North Shore of

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Pen
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trees. That was a_ silly
Statement because nobody
ever mentioned such a thing.
Far from it. What | did
Suggest was to permit the
citizens to discuss the
probiem and see whether
there was anything that
could be done.

Ernie Crist
North Vancouver

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2 MEMBERSHIPS

for any form of refreshments
to hospital visitors who
during those periods are
hkely to increase in num-
bers, while on Sundays many
patients with relatives out in
the country can only hope
for visits that day, but again
the visitor, having driven
some distance and hoping to
get either a warm drink or a
snack at the “improved
hospital services” finds
themselves literally out in
the cold and have to obtain
meals elsewhere. Of course
the Gift shop is open for the
sale of candies, books,
flowers, cigarettes and pifts,
but nowhere in the building
is any, provision for the
visitor to obtain any

refreshment at the weekend.

One wonders’ what
happens to the staff for
patient nursing goes on

seven days weekly as does
emergency services and all
the normal ancillary ser-
vices. For five days they can
obtain meals in the Terrace
Rooms “But Never on
Sundays” — or Saturdays as
well for that matter. One
assumes some arrangements
existed under the old system
for staff meals.

At the same ume I wonder
what genius was responsible
for the depressing colour
scheme in the

wards. Obviously he has
never studied colour
psychology for in those

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children’s:

wards one would expect
bnght and cheery colours,
light blues, greens and

yellows instead of the drab
appearance at present. One
get the impression these
colours were the ones left
over after all other
decorating had finished.

The selection of the floor
covering in the children’s
wards does not reflect a very
sensible attitude, in fact for
those wards the matenal
used is about the worst
possible, quite apart from
being almost impossible to
keep clean.

VISITING PARENT
(Name supphed)
North Vancouver

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IN THE INTERNATIONAL PLAZA HOTEL
CORNER MARINE DR AND CAPILANO RD

OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK

However, | did notice the

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promise for absolute safety CALL NOW!

measures and bdo hope that - ~ -

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